Archive of September, 2025

September, 30 2025

AI Mode can now help you search and explore visually We’re redefining how you imagine, find and shop for just what you’re looking for in [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Explains Expired Domains And Ranking Issues via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller answers a question about expired domains and ranking issues. - Search Engine Journal
Google’s Liz Reid: AI isn’t replacing search – it’s augmenting it User queries are longer, deep clicks are rising, and creators who offer rich, trusted content will [...] - Search Engine Land
A checklist for effective SEO QA Integrate SEO QA into engineering workflows to catch technical issues early, safeguard visibility, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Progress Bar For Shopping Ads Carousel Google is testing a blue progress bar under the Shopping Ads carousel in the search results. As you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Unlinked mentions: Measure brand impact beyond links Unlinked mentions still matter. Learn how to track them, evaluate their SEO and PR value, and use [...] - Search Engine Land
Google adds ROI insights to Meridian marketing mix model You can now factor in pricing, promotions, and long-term effects as Google’s Meridian evolves [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Dropping Underline From Search Result Snippets On Hover Google is testing not underlining the search result snippets when you hover your mouse cursor over [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Meridian updates help you make smarter budget decisions. Meridian updates help accurately measure ROI and account for outside factors like weather, pricing [...] - Inside Adwords
ChatGPT Gets Instant Checkout With Agentic Commerce Protocol OpenAI announced Instant Checkout in ChatGPT, allowing you to make purchases directly in ChatGPT. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Is Google Ads Reporting Also Impacted By Num=100 Change? As a reminder, Google dropped its unofficial support of showing 100 search results per page, which [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google AdSense Traffic Source Breakdown Report Google added a new report to the Google AdSense reporting named traffic source breakdown. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Performance Max gets asset and channel reporting Google Ads upgrades bring bulk reporting, ROI columns, diagnostics, and more to help you fine-tune [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Mode gets more visual, including inspirational shopping responses Google uses a visual search fan out technique, plus the Google Shopping Graph to provide a more [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 29 2025

SEO For Paws Live Stream Conference: Free Tickets Out Now via @sejournal, @theshelleywalsh SEO meets compassion: Join SEO for Paws on Sept. 25, 2025 to learn from industry leaders and raise [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Shopping Ask Stores AI Chat Google seems to be testing or rolling out a new AI chat feature labeled "Ask Stores" [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Labs gains Agentic capabilities in AI Mode You can now have AI Mode help you make reservations at restaurants. - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profile Suspensions Spike A number of local SEOs are noticing a lift in the number of suspensions they are dealing with in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
OpenAI turns ChatGPT into a shopping tool with Instant Checkout ChatGPT debuts in-chat shopping for U.S. users. This is OpenAI's first step toward agentic commerce [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Mode Agentic Capabilities Opt In On Friday, I reported on some folks gaining access to agentic features in AI Mode. Well, Robby [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Old Domain History/State Needs Time To Be Shaken Off We covered the topic of taking over an old domain name from someone else and how that can sometimes [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How AI search responds when you make a site more crawlable Crawl waste cleanup boosted AI search visibility by up to 10% – with a small ChatGPT dip. [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 29, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 26 2025

Google Local Pack At Top Of Google Shopping Tab Google seems to be testing showing the local pack, Google Business Profile listings, at the top of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Agentic Features Go Live For Some A month ago, Google announced new agentic (agent based) features for AI Mode. Well, some are now [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AdSense Dropping Session-Related Metrics Google is sunsetting the session-related metrics for Google AdSense. Google said this includes all [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
People Also Ask: The obvious opportunity most SEOs are missing Boost visibility with Google’s People Also Ask boxes. Learn how PAA works, why it matters for [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Spam Update And Post Volatility, Cloudflare Fights AI Overviews, Sneaky Google Ads This week we covered the completion of the Google August 2025 spam update and then we saw ranking [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google is still 210x bigger than ChatGPT in search ChatGPT handles 66 million search-like prompts daily vs. 14 billion Google searches. AI is growing, [...] - Search Engine Land
The global E-E-A-T gap: When authority doesn’t travel Search and AI systems demand more than global reputation. Scale E-E-A-T with local expertise, trust [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads New Campaign Set Up Screen Updated Google Ads seems to be rolling out a change to the campaign set up screen and flow. Instead of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Too many redirects: How to fix loop errors and protect SEO Redirect chains and loops slow sites and hurt rankings. Learn what causes “too many [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Large Sponsored Results Grouping Label Rolling Out To More Back in May, we covered how Google was testing a new sponsored results label that placed a few ads [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads tweaks default conversion goal behavior Google Ads will stop automatically making all new conversion goals account-default, helping [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 26, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
When SEO becomes just content production – and how to break free Low-value, duplicative content drags down visibility. Break free from content-only SEO and build a [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 25 2025

How to use TikTok Creator Search Insights to find content opportunities Spot trending searches, fill content gaps, and reach users where discovery starts with TikTok's [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads updated policies to target dishonest pricing practices Google Ads Misrepresentation policy will be updated on October 28, 2025. - Search Engine Land
How to deliver monthly PPC reports clients love Elevate your monthly PPC updates with clear, insightful stories that showcase results, highlight [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads will recommend you link to your Google Analytics account with one click If Google Ads finds an unlinked and unassociated Google Analytics account, Google may recommend you [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated After August Spam Update Over the past couple of days, especially since the Google August 2025 spam update officially [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 25, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 24 2025

5 ways to get real-time help by going Live with Search Try it out today in the Google app for Android and iOS. - Inside Search
Google App Adds Search Live For Real-Time Visual Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google launches Search Live in English in the U.S., adding real-time, camera-aware voice search to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Testing Shaded Stock Price Interface Google is testing a shaded box design for the stock pricing and information in the Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Tests Colorful Lines In Search Results Microsoft Bing is testing colorful lines and separator sections in the Bing Search results. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Live is live in U.S., with voice and camera AI mode Google Search Live lets users talk with Search and share camera views for AI-powered answers, [...] - Search Engine Land
Are AI Search Summaries Making Evergreen Articles Obsolete? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Evergreen articles once were reliable drivers of steady traffic, but AI summaries may now render [...] - Search Engine Journal
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 24, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
The origins of SEO and what they mean for GEO and AIO The story of how SEO got its name reveals why AI-era acronyms – AIO, GEO, AEO – face [...] - Search Engine Land
Cloudflare offers way to block AI Overviews – will Google comply? Cloudflare’s new Content Signals limit AI use of your content via robots.txt. However, [...] - Search Engine Land
Newfold Digital Sells MarkMonitor As Part Of Strategic Refocus via @sejournal, @martinibuster Newfold Digital sells MarkMonitor, says it will "double down" on core brands like [...] - Search Engine Journal

September, 23 2025

Review Signals Gain Influence In Top Google Local Rankings via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern New data on over 3,000 Google Business Profiles finds proximity drives visibility, but review [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google pushes Demand Gen deeper into performance marketing Google is shifting Demand Gen from an upper-funnel discovery tool to a full-funnel performance [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 23, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Schema and AI Overviews: Does structured data improve visibility? A head-to-head schema experiment uncovers whether well-implemented structured data gives pages an [...] - Search Engine Land
LLMs.txt For AI SEO: Is It A Boost Or A Waste Of Time? via @sejournal, @martinibuster Is innovation or anxiety the driving force behind the adoption of LLMs.txt and where does it leave [...] - Search Engine Journal
Link bait content: Earn backlinks and boost SEO naturally Create content people can’t resist linking to. Learn what link bait is, why it works, and how [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO stakeholders: Align teams and prove ROI like a pro SEO strategy needs buy-in. Learn how to manage SEO stakeholders, secure budgets, and communicate [...] - Search Engine Land
Your GEO content audit template Your old SEO checklist won’t cut it. This GEO content audit template helps position your [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads streamlines scripts documentation You can now navigate Google Ads scripts more easily with streamlined guides, a central reference [...] - Search Engine Land
Website demographics: Know your audience & grow faster Learn how to analyze website demographics to understand visitors, tailor content, and boost [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Authentication For SEO Tools & Personal Crawlers Google's John Mueller posted saying "Authentication for your personal crawlers & SEO tools [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Travel Planning Gains More Features Google AI Mode has had travel planning for some time but according to some in the travel industry, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 22 2025

Google Answers SEO Question About Keyword Cannibalization via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's John Mueller offers a thoughtful answer to a question about keyword cannibalization. - Search Engine Journal
Google's Wild August 2025 Spam Update Finished Rolling Out Google has completed the rollout of the August 2025 spam update, following a 27-day rollout cycle. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Darksteel AI Search Option Test Google is testing a new AI Search based option codenamed Darksteel. This reminds me of when we [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Programming Note: Rosh Hashanah 5786 - Happy & Healthy Jewish New Year This is a programming note that Tuesday and Wednesday are Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and I [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google August 2025 spam update done rolling out This spam update took just under 27 days to fully roll out and is now complete. - Search Engine Land
Google’s ad tech monopoly remedies trial begins The DOJ’s ad tech remedies trial could crack open Google’s dominance of programmatic [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 22, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Product Listings Tests AI-Generated Product Summaries Google is testing AI-generated product summaries in the AI Mode results, after you click on a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads doubles negative keyword list limit: Glitch or quiet policy change? It's unclear whether Google quietly raised negative keyword list limits after one account exceeded [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Impressions Drop Impact With Google Blocking Bots As you know, Google dropped the num parameter to see more search results on a page, then the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Confirms August Spam Update Is Complete via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google says the August 2025 spam update has finished rolling out worldwide. - Search Engine Journal
Hidden prompt injection: The black hat trick AI outgrew Invisible prompts once tricked AI like old SEO hacks. Here’s how LLMs filter hidden commands [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Translate A Conversation Button Google is testing a button that takes you from Google Search short translations answers, to the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 21 2025

Google August 2025 Spam Update To Probably Finish Tomorrow - 9/22 The Google August 2025 spam update will probably be marked as completed tomorrow, September 22, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 19 2025

SEO For Paws Live Stream Conference: Free Tickets Out Now via @sejournal, @theshelleywalsh SEO meets compassion: Join SEO for Paws on Sept. 25, 2025 to learn from industry leaders and raise [...] - Search Engine Journal
Why Global Sites Amplify Technical Errors and Steps to Prevent This by Semrush Enterprise Here’s a playbook for building monitoring systems, workflows, and coordination to help keep [...] - Search Engine Land
AI hype vs. SEO reality: What actually drives leads and revenue AI search is rising, but data shows Google still drives results. Learn why SEO fundamentals [...] - Search Engine Land
How to handle negative Google reviews & protect your brand Negative Google review? Respond strategically to protect your reputation, rebuild trust, and turn [...] - Search Engine Land
AI progress stalls for SEO tasks despite wave of new models Claude still leads, ChatGPT-5 rebounds, and Gemini rises – but new AI models show limits [...] - Search Engine Land
The Future Of Rank Tracking Can Go Two Ways via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google's actions against SERP scraping are forcing the search industry to reconsider what ranking [...] - Search Engine Journal
Broad match drives higher revenue per conversion – but at a cost: Study An Adalysis study finds exact match most efficient, but broad match can deliver higher revenue per [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Mode Coming To Chrome Address Bar Google announced that AI Mode will be coming to the Chrome address bar, Omnibox, soon. This means [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 18 2025

Google Kinda Comments On Search Console Impressions Dip John Mueller from Google somewhat/kinda made a comment, finally on the impression decreasing with [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
77% of sites lost keyword visibility after Google removed num=100: Data Google’s removal of the num=100 parameter triggered sharp drops in impressions, rankings, and [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search confirms it does not support the results per page parameter This change does not seem to be a bug, but rather an intentional change to how Google serves search [...] - Search Engine Land
Introducing Demand Gen Drops to help you stay on top of what’s new and drive results. Today, we’re introducing Demand Gen Drops: a monthly showcase to help you stay on top of [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Announces Top Quality & Store Widget Again Google "announced" the store widget on its Search Central blog but the weird thing to me [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode coming to Chrome browser Plus, while on a website using Chrome, you can ask questions and learn more about your current page [...] - Search Engine Land
Google adds new store widgets for your website Google added two new options for merchants to add new Google store widgets to their websites. - Search Engine Land
Google brings Smart Bidding Exploration to Performance Max Google’s new Smart Bidding Exploration in Performance Max may boost conversions by easing [...] - Search Engine Land
The SEO shift you can’t ignore: Video is becoming source material Google’s AI Overviews and GEO shift SEO strategy: Video from YouTube, TikTok, and beyond is [...] - Search Engine Land
SEO at a crossroads: 9 experts on how AI is changing everything AI is forcing SEOs to rethink roles and tackle new challenges. Here’s what nine leaders say [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 17 2025

Google Is Hiring An Anti-Scraping Engineering Analyst via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google is hiring an anti-scraping engineering analyst to help develop ways to stop search results [...] - Search Engine Journal
New Google Merchant Center Suspension Video Verification Google is testing a new way to lift a suspension within Google Merchant Center. Some can now do [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests AI Generated Search Snippet Summaries Google is testing placing AI-generated search result snippet summaries. Under each Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why local SEO is thriving in the AI-first search era AI may dominate search, but local queries still drive action. Discover actionable steps for [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Bug Leads To Search Results Overwhelmed With Ads A Google Search bug from this morning led to the search results being overwhelmed with just ads. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Discover Adds Social Media Posts & Follow Buttons via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Discover now displays social media posts from Instagram, X, and YouTube Shorts alongside [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Discover adds follow feature and more social posts from creators and publishers This aims to make Google Discover more publisher and creator friendly. - Search Engine Land
Developing a new partnership to combat non-consensual intimate imagery on Search We’re partnering with Southwest Grid for Learning (SWGfL) and the StopNCII program as well as [...] - Inside Search
Google Discover Tests Showing X Posts From Just Your Followers? Google Discover may be showing X posts (formerly Twitter tweets) from accounts you follow and not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Searchers Want AI Summaries Over Links Markham Erickson, Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google told The Verge [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
OpenAI Updates Search In ChatGPT: Factuality, Shopping & Formatting OpenAI announced it made improvements to search in ChatGPT. The company said the results are more [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 17, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business API Q&A Feature Going Away November 3 (Changes Coming?) Earlier this year, we saw some signs that the Google local Questions and Answers feature seemed to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Catch up with the creators and publishers you care about on Discover Find more helpful and relevant content from creators and news publishers in Discover with our [...] - Inside Search
Google doubles down on AI Max pitch to wary advertisers Google’s pitches AI Max as smarter search ads with more safeguards solution — but [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 16 2025

We’re launching a new Google app for Windows experiment in Labs. Today, we’re launching a new experimental Google app for Windows in Labs to help you find [...] - Inside Search
Bing Image Search With Ads Mixed Into The Organic Results It looks like the Microsoft Advertising team is at it again. This time Microsoft is now mixing ads [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
What Is Google Question Fringe Score Did you know Google Search uses some sort of question fringe score? It is part of the Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New (But Old) Google Search Console Achievements Google announced that the old Search Console achievements you would get in those emails for the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Testing Sticky Search Bar Header Microsoft is testing a new search bar/box header for the Bing Search results. The Bing search bar [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Rolling Stone Publisher (Penske) Sued Google Over AI Overviews Penske Media, which operates and owns Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Variety and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 16, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
ChatGPT search update focuses on quality, shopping, format OpenAI says ChatGPT search now reduces hallucinations, improves shopping intent detection, and [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 15 2025

Google Search rank and position tracking is a mess right now Google removed the ability to see 100 search results per page and both third-party tracking tools [...] - Search Engine Land
PSA: Most Third Party Google Search Tracking Tools Are Broken Most of the third-party Google Search tracking tools are broken and not tracking properly. This [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 15, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Structured Data Does Not Help With Visibility In AI Search There are a lot of folks in the community saying that implementing structured data / schema on your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
FTC Investigating Google Over Ad Pricing & Terms On Websites Bloomberg reports that the Federal Trade Commission is investigating Google (and Amazon) on whether [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Reporting Change Since 100 Results Broke On Friday we reported that Google Search was removing the ability to show 100 search results per [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
1.5 million chats reveal who uses ChatGPT and why Large ChatGPT analysis finds global growth, a shrinking gender gap, and everyday tasks like writing [...] - Search Engine Land
Penske Media sues Google, says AI Overviews hurt revenue, traffic Penske Media, owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety, says Google AI Overviews steal [...] - Search Engine Land
From reactive to proactive: How AI protects and amplifies executive brands Protecting your brand means moving beyond old ORM tactics. See how AI helps enhance monitoring, [...] - Search Engine Land
Fame engineering: The key to generative engine optimization Fame engineering builds AI availability – ensuring generative engines recognize, understand, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads auto-enables ‘Store Visits’ conversions, sparking concerns Google will autotmatically change store visit value, potentially raising ROAS with estimated [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Places Update Coming Soon: Navigation, Experience & More Microsoft sent out an email on Friday informing businesses that changes are coming to Bing Places, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 12 2025

Google Search Tests Dropping 100 Search Results Parameter Google Search seems to be testing dropping the ability to see 100 search results on a single page. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Updated The Merchant Center Pricing Policies Google has updated the Google Merchant Center pricing policies for September. The changes include [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Top Performance Max optimization tips for 2026 Use Google’s newest reporting and creative controls to refine targeting, optimize asset [...] - Search Engine Land
The end of the marketing funnel: Why signals are your new opportunity by Semrush Enterprise Forget funnels. Today’s customer journeys are fractured, AI-driven, and nonlinear. [...] - Search Engine Land
Search Central Live Tokyo: The 2025 Return Get ready, Japan! We're thrilled to announce the return of Search Central Live Tokyo on Nov 7, [...] - Google Webmaster Central
Google Search Quality Raters Guidelines Gains AI Overview & YMYL Definitions On Thursday, September 11, 2025, Google updated its search quality raters guidelines PDF document. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
87% read AI search summaries, 84% shop with AI: Survey Americans are turning to AI for search and shopping – using summaries for answers, [...] - Search Engine Land
AI search drives less than 1% of referrals, organic still dominates: Data AI search is growing fast, but that hasn't translated into traffic or sales. Organic search remains [...] - Search Engine Land
Thriving in the AI era of search: Realign, measure, collaborate Stay ahead in AI-driven search: realign your career, break silos, and measure outcomes to make your [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 11 2025

Optimizing for AI: How search engines power ChatGPT, Gemini and more AI models pull from search results to build answers. Here’s how to ensure your content is [...] - Search Engine Land
ChatGPT traffic rivals organic search engagement: Data New data shows ChatGPT users are more engaged than Google searchers. But AI traffic comes in much [...] - Search Engine Land
WordPress Versus Everyone: The Top CMS For Core Web Vitals via @sejournal, @martinibuster WordPress Core Web Vitals performance is compared and ranked against five other content management [...] - Search Engine Journal
AI search optimization? GEO? SEOs don’t agree on a name: Survey SEOs are prioritizing AI search tactics like schema and citations, even as revenue impact remains [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Expands YMYL Guidelines To Cover Election & Civic Content via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google updated its quality rater guidelines to treat election and voting info as YMYL. See what [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Tests Sponsored Ads With Search Refinement Options Google is testing adding search refinement options in the sponsored ads in a carousel format. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 11, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Amazon Experiences Drop In Google Search Visibility via @sejournal, @martinibuster Amazon has lost significant visibility in Google's organic product grid, creating opportunities for [...] - Search Engine Journal
Marketers aren’t ready for GEO: Survey Few companies dedicate resources to GEO, despite recognizing its growing importance. Marketers lack [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads AI‬‭ Max‬‭ For‬‭ Search‬‭ Campaigns‬‭ Globally Available & More Google announced a number of updates to Google Ads at Think Retail yesterday, including the global [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google updates search quality raters guidelines adding AI Overview examples & YMYL definitions Google told us this is a "minor update to our rater guidelines with small clarifications and a [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tag Manager adds event parameters to Ads and Floodlight tags GTM now supports custom event parameters in Ads and Floodlight tags, closing the gap with manual [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Testing New Local Ad Cards Format Google seems to be testing a new format for local ads in the search results. These look more like [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 10 2025

Generate and scale creative assets with Google AI in Asset Studio Bring your creative vision to life with Asset Studio, Google Ads’ one-stop-shop for creative [...] - Inside Adwords
Google Retiring Core Web Vitals CrUX Dashboard via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google announced the deprecation of Looker Studio-based CrUX dashboard and promoted the CrUX Vis [...] - Search Engine Journal
The latest AI news we announced in August Here are Google’s latest AI updates from August 2025 - Inside Search
Google Retiring Core Web Vitals CrUX Dashboard via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google announced the deprecation of Looker Studio-based CrUX dashboard and promoted the CrUX Vis [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Uses Infinite 301 Redirect Loops For Missing Documentation via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google purposely chose to use 301 redirects on missing web pages instead of 404s, creating [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google August 2025 Spam Update Heats Up Again The Google August 2025 spam update seems to be heating up again. I am seeing both chatter within [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads rolls out Suggested plans in Performance Planner Google Ads adds pre-built forecasts, giving you faster, goal-focused plans across Search, PMax, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google to retailers: Use AI to win the longer holiday season Holiday shopping now spans from October to January. Google urges retailers to tap AI tools for [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Showing AI Mode In Autocomplete Search Suggestions Google is now showing AI Mode shortcuts in the autocomplete search suggestions. As you type the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Measuring GEO: What’s trackable now and what’s still missing Generative AI is transforming search, but data hasn’t caught up. Learn which metrics exist [...] - Search Engine Land
How leading retailers and brands are using Google Ads to win and retain customers A look at how innovative retailers are using Google Ads to win and retain customers. - Inside Adwords
Ranking in Google doesn’t guarantee visibility in ChatGPT: Study Research finds a 62% overlap between Google rankings and ChatGPT answers, showing SEO success [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Tests Sitelinks Arrows On Left Google is testing placing the arrows next to the sitelinks on the left side of the sitelinks. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
The Google Ads mistakes costing SMBs time and money From weak strategy to poor user experience, these are the Google Ads mistakes draining SMB budgets. [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 9 2025

Google Ads links web + app campaigns with new features New Google Ads updates connect web and app activity, providing unified reporting and clearer [...] - Search Engine Land
Report: Almost All ChatGPT Users Also Use Google New data from Similarweb shows that almost all ChatGPT users also use Google, but only 15% of [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads tests new promo-focused budget tools Google Ads is testing tools to speed up spend and scale smarter during short-term promos, giving [...] - Search Engine Land
Nearly all ChatGPT users still rely on Google: Data AI search is growing, but Google still dominates, as 95% of ChatGPT users visit Google, but just [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads AI MAX Metrics: Expanded Matches & Expanded Landing Pages Google supposedly added two new metrics within the Google Ads AI Max campaigns for improved [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google adds YouTube breakdowns for Demand Gen campaigns Google Ads now lets Demand Gen advertisers see separate performance metrics for YouTube In-Stream, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google AI Mode Now Supports Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese & English Since Google launched AI Mode back in March, it has only supported the English language. Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Console Drops Support For 6 Deprecated Structured Data Types Google is dropping support for six of the seven deprecated structured data types it announced back [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Connection To Your Web & App Advertising Google Ads announced new features "aimed at bridging this gap" between your advertising [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google drops reporting on several structured data types This impacts already deprecated structured data types, Course Info, Claim Review, Estimated Salary, [...] - Search Engine Land

September, 8 2025

GEO and SEO: Convergence, divergence or something in between As AI reshapes search, GEO may emerge as its own discipline, remain part of SEO, or settle in the [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Go With Traditional TLD Even If You Need A Hyphen In Domain Name Google's John Mueller said in a Reddit thread that he would personally go with a traditional TLD [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Doodles show how AI Mode can help you learn Every day, students around the world search to learn and explore. Today through Wednesday, our [...] - Inside Search
Google Ads adds new reporting for AI Max campaigns Google Ads’ AI Max now reveals traffic driven by expanded keyword matches and landing pages. - Search Engine Land
Google AI Overviews Citing Individual Reviews Google seems to be using the reviews on your Google Business Profile listings to give responses in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google can’t decide if the web is thriving – or dying Is the web alive or dead? To Google, it’s Schrödinger’s cat – a paradox that [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Court Doc: Open Web Is In Rapid Decline Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, said in May that web publishing is not dying. Nick Fox, VP of Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 8, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
AI Mode is now available in five new languages around the world. Starting today, we’re bringing AI Mode, our most powerful AI search experience, to five new [...] - Inside Search
Google Search Tests Alternatives To People Also Search For Google is testing alternatives to the title "People also search for" at the bottom of the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Search Central Live Hong Kong 2025: Event in Chinese focusing on international ecommerce As part of our broader APAC plan, which includes new Deep Dive events and two local language [...] - Google Webmaster Central
How Simplify in the Google app makes complex text easier to understand Learn how Google Research developed Simplify in the Google app for iOS to help you understand [...] - Inside Search

September, 7 2025

Google AI Mode To Become Default For Google Search Soon Logan Kilpatrick, lead product manager for Google DeepMind, Gemini, and all AI products at Google, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode may become the default Google Search experience “soon.” Logan Kilpatrick, lead product manager for Google, said AI Mode will be the default experience soon. - Search Engine Land

September, 5 2025

How generative engines define and rank trustworthy content From training data to citation frequency, learn how generative AI systems assess credibility and [...] - Search Engine Land
Apple Intelligence & Siri Revamp In 2026: World Knowledge Answers Apple is reportedly working on a revamp of Siri, Apple Intelligence and its Apple Search features [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO in the age of AI: Becoming the trusted answer Educate AI engines with clarity, credibility, and consistency, build algorithmic trust, and become [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Your Login Pages May Be Hurting Your SEO Performance via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google explains how generic login pages trigger duplicate indexing. Learn fixes using noindex, [...] - Search Engine Journal
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Monopoly Google Wonât Be Broken Up, FastSearch For Grounding & Apple Search World Knowledge Answers This week, we covered the big Google Monopoly remedy ruling that will not end up breaking up the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
EU fines Google $3.5 billion over anti-competitive ad-tech business Google may be forced to divest its ad-tech business, but Google will appeal. - Search Engine Land
Google Local Panel With Weird Third-Party Directory Card We know Google can show AI-generated summary cards in the local panels on mobile and desktop. But I [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
EU Fines Google $3.5 Billion; Must Divest Part Of Ad-Tech Business The European Union has fined Google $3.5 billion, 2.95 billion euro, for breaking its competition [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 4 2025

The Industry Mourns The Loss Of Alan Bleiweiss - Caring & Giving SEO I am deeply sad to report that Alan Bleiweiss has passed away on August 22nd. Alan was a true [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
[Deadline Tonight] Do you have what it takes to bring home the highest honor in search? Submit your application by Friday, September 5, at 11:59pm ET for your chance to bring home a [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Tests Related Searches That Expand To More Microsoft is testing expandable related searches in the Bing Search results. When you hover your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Court Docs: Google Search User Interactions, User Data & Chrome Data With the Google monopoly remedies ruling from the other day, we have more documents from the court [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
In memoriam: Alan Bleiweiss has passed away The SEO community mourns Alan Bleiweiss, a veteran consultant remembered for his forensic audits, [...] - Search Engine Land
New Court Docs: Google Search Index, Spam Score, PageRank & Glue With the Google monopoly remedies ruling from the other day, we have even more documents from the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Antitrust Case: AI Overviews Use FastSearch, Not Links via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google antitrust case shows that AI Overviews does not use links in its ranking algorithm - Search Engine Journal
Gating in an AI world: What to hide, what to show, and why Invisible content earns zero authority. Learn how to unlock visibility without giving away your [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 4, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads API to switch to a monthly release cycle Google said its users want more frequent updates and this will result in that. - Search Engine Land

September, 3 2025

Why SEO and paid media need each other in the AI search era AI Overviews are drying up top-funnel clicks. SEO and paid teams must align on buyer intent and [...] - Search Engine Land
LLM traffic converts about the same as organic search: Research LLM referrals convert no better than search and make up less than 1% of traffic, challenging claims [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Tests New Shaded Header Design Interface Google is testing a new top bar interface design for the search results page both in light and dark [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Links Policies & Guidelines Updated Google has updated its Google Business Profiles links policies & guidelines. Google added new [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Gains Customization Graphs Options Google Ads has added new customization options for some of the graphing, charting and reporting. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests New Directions Buttons In Local Pack Google is testing new direction buttons in the local pack within the Google Search results. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business links policies and guidelines updated Google added new dedicated landing pages, direct action completion, social media sites and a new [...] - Search Engine Land
What are external links? SEO benefits and best practices External links build trust and authority. Learn what they are, why they matter for SEO, and how to [...] - Search Engine Land
Apple to launch AI search for Siri in 2026: Report Apple’s new AI search engine, World Knowledge Answers, will power Siri and Safari with quick, [...] - Search Engine Land
Interaction To Next Paint: 9 Content Management Systems Ranked via @sejournal, @martinibuster Nine content management systems and ecommerce platforms are ranked according to Interaction to Next [...] - Search Engine Journal
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 3, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 2 2025

Google AI Mode model improved for complex STEM questions, says Google Just in time for school, Google updated its AI Mode model. - Search Engine Land
Google Won't Be Broken Up In Monopoly Case But Required To Share Search Data U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled on the remedies for Google being declared a monopoly. In [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google can keep Chrome, but exclusive search deals must end A federal judge in the DOJ antitrust case ruled that Google must share its search data and end its [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 2, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
September 2025 Google Webmaster Report We finally had a confirmed Google Search update this past month, the August 2025 spam update, which [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
New Google Ads Checkboxes To Filter Campaigns Google Ads has reportedly added new checkboxes to the selector view within the Google Ads overviews [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s Danny Sullivan: ‘Good SEO is good GEO’ Google’s former search liaison says SEO is still about doing good things for people. He also [...] - Search Engine Land
Looking beyond AI: 9 marketing principles that will always matter AI is reshaping search and discovery, but the fundamentals of marketing remain. Learn nine timeless [...] - Search Engine Land
GEO and SEO: How to invest your time and efforts wisely GEO is rising, but SEO remains essential. Invest your time and efforts wisely to prioritize what [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Avoids Breakup As Judge Bars Exclusive Default Search Deals via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google avoids Chrome and Android breakup but must end exclusive search default deals, and may have [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Ads enhances campaign filters with new checkboxes These simple checkboxes should make it much easier to filter and manage your campaigns. - Search Engine Land
Google Ads select location assets using Google Maps This new feature should help you find locations to target with ease. - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Advertising: Here's Why Your Bid May Be Over The Max CPC Navah Hopkins, the Microsoft Ads Liaison, posted on LinkedIn a bit of a refresher on how CPCs work [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads AI Max Not Designed To Go More Aggressively After SPN Inventory Ginny Marvin, Google's Ads Liaison, responded to some data that suggests that AI Max is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Mini Game Encourages Searchers To Search More Google Search is testing a new game in its search results to encourage searchers to search more. It [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

September, 1 2025

Daily Search Forum Recap: September 1, 2025 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Compare Checkboxes For Products & Local Business Listings Google now has the ability within AI Mode to compare listed products or local businesses by [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Danny Sullivan At WordCamp On How Google Search Keeps Evolving Danny Sullivan, the former Google Search Liaison, spoke at WordCamp on Friday on the topic of How [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Model Updated - Improvements For STEM Queries Google has supposedly updated the models that run AI Mode. Robby Stein from Google wrote on X, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Crawl Changes Are Independent Of Big Google Updates Google's John Mueller was asked again if a change in crawling patterns is related to Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests AI Overview With Knowledge Panel Google may be testing a new format for AI Overviews in the search results. This one does not have [...] - Search Engine Roundtable